Carly Dorian Andrews was 26 when she was found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest in a Gainesville, Georgia apartment she shared with her boyfriend. Police responded to Glenn Cove Apartments on Norton Drive on September 6, 2018, after a report described the shooting as self-inflicted or accidental. Carly was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her 21-year-old boyfriend, Christopher Vargas Zayas, initially told investigators the shooting was accidental or self-inflicted. A subsequent investigation uncovered evidence that led to Zayas’s arrest on murder charges. Prosecutors added related counts including possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; he was indicted on malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with family violence, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and three counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Christopher Vargas Zayas was later found guilty on all counts and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole; the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the conviction on appeal in May 2024. Does anyone have information about Carly’s life in Gainesville or the Glenn Cove Apartments on Norton Drive?